Energy Central

Utility Wildfire Programs Moving Beyond Traditional Wildfire Risk Maps

For most utilities with wildfire exposure, the era of relying on the USFS' Wildfire Hazard Potential (WHP) maps is ...
pv magazine International

Software can unlock 300 GW of capacity on U.S. grid without building a single power plant

Advanced grid-scanning software, as detailed on the Energy Empire podcast with host Jigar Shah, is uncovering massive blocks ...

Texas utilities push a summer challenge: Use less power than your neighbors, and get rewarded

Texas utilities are turning summer power conservation into something of a competition — and, in some cases, a way for ...
The News Journal

First homes in Delaware to meet Phius requirements for energy efficiency

First homes in Delaware to meet Phius requirements for energy efficiency The four homes on Kirkwood Street in Dover are examples of how to build homes that are more affordable to buy with more ...
The Conversation

Energy costs are high and unaffordable – what utilities, governments, communities and you can do to help save consumers money

There are a few ways to get help in handling high energy costs. Carme Parramon/DigitalVision Vectors via Getty Images In most U.S. regions, nonprofit organizations collectively called “regional ...
Arizona Daily Star

Bob Yates: Utility deal would require more time, money than you think

Greetings to the people of Tucson from Boulder, Colorado. We in Boulder understand that folks in Tucson are considering an attempt to municipalize the electricity distribution network in your city. In ...
IEEE

ASDIA: An Adversarial Sample to Preserve Privacy Program in Federated Learning

Abstract: Federated learning enables training across multiple entities while ensuring data security and the effectiveness of knowledge dissemination. Despite its benefits, it remains susceptible to ...
The New Yorker

Why the Best Writing Advice Is Often the Weirdest

In “Thirty Recommendations for Good Writing Habits,” an essay published in 2013, the writer and translator Lydia Davis offers a cardinal rule: “work on your character.” (She happened on a variation of ...

Where to Get Help Paying Your Utility Bills

There are nonprofits dedicated to helping people pay their utility bills, like the Low Income Home Energy Assistance Program.
Investopedia

Understanding the Diffusion of Innovations Theory with Examples

Clay Halton was a Business Editor at Investopedia and has been working in the finance publishing field for more than five years. He also writes and edits personal finance content, with a focus on ...
The Baltimore Sun

Maryland EmPOWER whistleblowers allege millions in misspent utility funds

Two former inspectors who monitored Maryland’s flagship EmPOWER energy efficiency program have come forward publicly for the first time with allegations that millions in ratepayer funds were misspent.
IEEE

Network Utility Maximization-Based Congestion Control Over Wireless Networks: A Survey and Potential Directives

Abstract: Since the initial publication of Kelly et al.'s seminal paper on resource allocation in wired networks, a large number of studies based on the network utility maximization (NUM) framework ...